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Monday, 24 February 2014

Hello, it's Monday again, it comes round so quickly. I hope you’re all OK and have had a lovely weekend.
It is time for another theme over on the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge,
this time it was Our lovely Dorte's turn to choose the theme and she chose
"Anythimg Goes"
I have used a stamp I haven't inked up before, made this to fill a gap in my masculine cards, well I don't make enough of them. Went simple with this, and the gems are not diamante's they are like a silver in colour.

Saturday, 22 February 2014

Good Morning bloggers, it's Saturday morning so It's time for a new challenge today at Allsorts.
This week is our lovely team leader Brenda's turn to host and she would like to see 'Ladies Day'.I used a Nicecrane image which you can find here:-

Ignacio from Nicecrane has made me this fabulous header, he makes them in what ever style you like, I adore mice and Beatrix Potter and this is what he came up with, isn't it fantastic, I just love it.

Don't forget to head over to Allsorts for all the details of this challenge, and to check out all the fabulous inspiration from my very talented team mates.

Here are the prizes on offer:-

We have two lovely sponsors this week...............................

We were very sorry to hear this week that Crimson Cloud are
closing down next month, they have been one of our sponsors for some
time and we will really miss working with them and really appreciate all
their support over the years. But they have asked me to give you the
heads up that they will be having a closing down sale starting on 1st March so do make a note in your diary.

Tuesday, 18 February 2014

Here is my Mid Way creation for Penny black & More @ Allsorts, where the theme is 'Make It Sparkle' So you can use all your glitters, stickles and anything that adds sparkle to your creations for this challenge. I have used an image called Bitty Bear Angel, but turned her into a fairy by cutting off her halo as I wanted her to stand amongst the flowers in this squeezey card. Here's a closer look:-

I absolutely adore this stamp and couldn't get a hold of it as it's really old, but Susie Sugar (team leader for a team that closed, that I was on) kindly posted her stamp out to me so I could stamp as many as I wanted, and I stamped a fair few I can tell you LOL! I would still love to get this stamp though and still look for it now.
I have never worked with these card blanks before, so this was new to me, but enjoyed experimenting with them, also acetate is something I rarely use too. I added my fairy bear and some flowers and grass to the acetate and stuck it to one of the middle concertina folds for that 3D effect. My sparkle is glamour dust to her wings, then stickles to some of the flowers and butterflies. Then finaly gems for a final bit more sparkle.

I quite like how this turned out for a first go even if it took me three times longer than normal to do a card.

We
have prizes from Penny Black, Crafts U Love. Flonz, Nicecrane and Classy crafts. Now isn't that a lot of prizes,
definitely worth getting your sparkle out isn't it!!!!!!

Now
if you would like to be a GDT for us, all you need to do is make a
creation to fit the theme following our rule.

Are you wanting some
inspiration, pop on over to the challenge blog and then you can see all
the wonderful creations from the rest of the talented team.

Today's News:-
I hope this post goes live ok as I will be out for the day, me and my daughter have doctors appointments at 9:10 & 9:20. then me and all three kids are going into the town centre for a spot of shopping, all three are after shoes and clothes, tickets for a music festival that is in May for Scott and Jodie, but apparently you have to get them early, £78 for them, OMG they are expensive. A spot of lunch and no doubt, I will end up buying stuff I had no intention of getting, and I will come home with nothing for myself. But I know I will enjoy our day.
Then my daughter informed me that she would like to do some baking this week, Oreo cheesecake and Lemon Drizzle Tray bake, so some yummy goodies coming, my weight watchers weigh-in might be a bit off next week LOL!
Bobby wants to see the Lego movie. not my thing, but I'm sure I can manage to sit through it.
So a busy week I think while the kids are off school.

Saturday, 15 February 2014

Good Morning bloggers, it's Saturday morning so It's time for a new challenge today at Allsorts.
This week is our lovely Helene's turn to host and she would like to see 'BRADS'
My son asked me to make his teacher a bookmark so I thought I would do one for this challenge. I haven't made a bookmark for ages, and enjoyed doing something different. I liked this cute image 'Boy With Flowers' from our sponsor Digi Darla, didn't want to go too fancy as I wanted it to be useable.

Don't forget to head over to Allsorts for all the details of this challenge, and to check out all the fabulous inspiration from my very talented team mates.

Monday, 10 February 2014

Happy Monday morning, I hope you all had a good weekend and if you had rain like us then got some crafty time in.
It is time for another theme over on the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge,
this time it was our lovely Donna's turn to choose the theme and she chose a colour theme
"Amethyst,white + 1 other ".
I needed to make a card for my Sister, and I like this stamp (HMJR1017 Butterfly Express), so went with it, I can't get my purples to look true to there colour on the photo though. I decided to go CAS, fancied a change, I must be slipping not one flower in sight LOL!
Of course you must use a House Mouse, Happy Hopper or Gruffie to join in.

We are sponsored by:-

We
are very excited to announce that One very Lucky Player will receive a
RANDOM ASSORTMENT of some of these Premium Dye Ink Pads from Simon Says Stamp.

Saturday, 8 February 2014

Good Morning bloggers, it's Saturday morning so It's time for a new challenge today at Allsorts.
This week is our lovely Jo's turn to host and she would like to see 'Use A Colour/Colours beginning With The Letter B'
I used one of my new Lili Of The Valley stamps, and decided to go with a 'passed your test' creation. I stuck to blues, spots and stripes, which gives this card a masculine look. Glossy Accents puts a very good shine to the car.

Don't forget to head over to Allsorts for all the details of this challenge, and to check out all the fabulous inspiration from my very talented team mates.

Monday, 3 February 2014

I hope you’ve all had a lovely relaxing weekend.and got plenty of crafting in. My weekend has been football, football, football. My son Bobby had football training Saturday, then two matches Sunday morning and then a football party in the afternoon. He scored twice in his first match, I love watching him as he plays his little heart out. He's so happy on the pitch, I also like to see my hubby's face as he gets so proud of him. It makes up for all the hours stood out in the freezing cold and rain.

It is time for a reminder for the theme over on the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge,
this time it was our lovely Christine's turn to choose the theme and she chose
"Show Some Love" -I kept to a simple colour scheme and went for a pretty look, I used JSHM063 You Did It, I adore this stamp. I used dies and embossing folders instead of a embellies and flowers today.
Of course you must use a House Mouse, Happy Hopper or Gruffie to join in.

Sunday, 2 February 2014

Hello everyone,
And welcome, it's a new month for Stamping Sensations and Penny black & More @ Allsorts challenges, if you didn't get the chance to join in last month's challenge this could be the one for you.

At Stamping Sensationsthis
month the theme is 'Wings, Fantasy & Fiction' So get out
your magical and mythical stamps out and join us for a magical challenge. I used one of my Kraftin Kimmie stamps called 'Ophelia', she is definitely my favourite fairy stamp. I had a good old play with my dies to do some floral embellishments, finished off with gems and pearls.

We have sponsorship this Month from
Crafty Devils

And
of course, the Design Team have created some stunners to inspire you.
Please do pay them a visit to their individual blogs - it means a lot to
know you appreciate their efforts.

And now onto my second challenge creation for Penny black & More @ Allsorts, where the theme is 'Make It Sparkle' So you can use all your glitters, stickles and anything that adds sparkle to your creations for this challenge.

We
have prizes from Penny Black, Crafts U Love. Flonz, Nicecrane and Classy crafts. Now isn't that a lot of prizes,
definitely worth getting your sparkle out isn't it!!!!!!

Now
if you would like to be a GDT for us, all you need to do is make a
creation to fit the theme following our rule.

Are you wanting some
inspiration, pop on over to the challenge blog and then you can see all
the wonderful creations from the rest of the talented team.

Saturday, 1 February 2014

Good Morning bloggers, it's Saturday morning so It's time for a new challenge today at Allsorts.
This week is our lovely Tracy's turn to host and she would like to see 'Love Is In The Air'.
Here is what I did, I used one of our sponsors image sheets from Nicecrane Designs, Called Romantic Valentine collectiion, which can be found here:-
http://nicecranedesigns.com/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_result&search_in_description=1&zenid=3k5g1m718dc3u1bhjf9h1519l7&keyword=romantic+valentine

I kept my card simple to show the details of this gorgeous image. For my colour scheme I picked colours out from the image and just a couple of embellishments to finish off.

Don't forget to head over to Allsorts for all the details of this challenge, and to check out all the fabulous inspiration from my very talented team mates.

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I have a lovely hubby John of 23 years and I'm a very happy Mum of three gorgeous children, Scott 22, Jodie 19 and Bobby 12. And four adorable pets too. I started crafting in 2008 and started my blog in 2009. I just love rubber stamping so much, and I love blogging because every time I log on i'm inspired by so many talented crafters. I am at present part of three lovely deisgn teams, Stamping Sensations,Penny Black @ Allsorts, and Allsorts. I feel very proud to be part of them and with so many very talented ladies too. I am also very proud of being runner up in the magazine Papercraft Essentials, Papercrafter Of The Year 2013.
Please stop by if you can.
Thanks,
hugs Tracy x